Gov. Yusuf Greets Ooni of Ife on 52nd Birthday

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has congratulated the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on the occasion of his 52nd birthday.

According to the statement by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Governor described the revered monarch as a respected traditional ruler whose commitment to cultural preservation, peacebuilding and national unity continues to inspire Nigerians across ethnic and religious divides.

Governor Yusuf acknowledged the Ooni’s contributions to promoting Yoruba cultural heritage, strengthening traditional institutions and fostering peaceful coexistence among Nigerians.

He noted that traditional rulers remain important partners in promoting peace, unity and sustainable development, particularly at a time when the country needs collective efforts to overcome its challenges.

The Governor prayed for Allah’s continued guidance, good health and long life for the monarch, wishing him more years of impactful service to his people, the traditional institution and the nation at large.

He also expressed optimism that the Ooni would continue to use his revered position to promote harmony, mutual understanding and national progress.

Governor Yusuf wished the Ooni of Ife a happy 52nd birthday and many more years of fruitful service to humanity.

Gov. Yusuf Assures Tinubu of Northern Support for 2027 Re-election

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has assured President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the support of Northern Nigeria for his re-election in the 2027 general elections.

According to the statement by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Governor gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja while speaking at the inauguration of the Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A) campaign office.

Governor Yusuf expressed confidence that the North would stand behind President Tinubu in the forthcoming election, reaffirming his commitment to the President’s second-term ambition.

He said the A4A movement would serve as a platform for mobilising support across the Northern states and strengthening political engagement ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He said Kano as the leading state with highest number of votes in northern Nigeria will in sha Allah lead all Nigerian states to victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with massive turnout in favour of the APC.

Speaking at the event, Vice President Kashim Shettima said the North had demonstrated its support for President Tinubu, stressing that political support must go hand in hand with accountability, good governance and tangible results that improve the lives of Nigerians.

The Vice President acknowledged the economic challenges facing citizens and emphasised the need for the administration to remain responsive to their concerns, while prioritising security, education, poverty reduction and economic opportunities.

The A4A movement is aimed at coordinating support for President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima across the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory with former minister of defense H.E. Badaru Abubakar as its national coordinator.

ME YA SA GWAMNA ABBA YA CANCANCI WANI WA'ADIN MULKI

Daga Abba Anwar

Mu fadi gaskiya da kanmu. A lokacin da Maigirma Abba Kabir Yusuf ya karbi mulki a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 2023, a matsayin Gwamna, mutane sun ta yin kokonto. Amma a yau, har makiyan sa ba za su iya musun cewa Kano ta samu gagarumin cigaba ba.

A ranar 29 ga Mayu, 2026, wannan gwamnati tana da ayyuka 1,493 a teburin ta. Cikakku kuma wadanda a ka kammala guda 799 ne, yayin da 694 ke ci gaba da gudana a mataki na karshe. Za ka iya zuwa ka tabbatar a kowace daga cikin kananan hukumomi 44. Ba surutan baki ba ne kawai. 

ILIMI NA DAYA, NA BIYU, NA UKU

Gwamna Abba ya yi abinda mutane da yawa suka guje wa. A ranar 8 ga Yuni, 2024, ya ayyana Dokar Ta-baci a Bangaren Ilimi. Kuma ya goyi bayan sa da kudin da ba a taba yin irin haka ba a Kano.

A kasafin kudin 2024 kashi 29.95% ya tafi ga ilimi. Kasafin 2025 kashi 31% ya tafi ilimi. Kasafin 2026 kuma Naira Biliyan 405.3 daga cikin Naira Tiriliyan 1.368, wanda shine kashi 30% na kasafin kudin gaba daya. UNESCO na neman kashi 26%, amma Gwamna yana bayar da 30% da kari.

MENENE SAKAMAKON KUDADEN DA AKA WARE AKA KASHE?

Ya dauki malamai sama da 15,000 aiki. Cikin su akwai malamai na sa-kai 2,000 da aka mayar da su na dindindin. Ya gyara ajujuwa sama da 3,500 tare da gina sabbin daruruwan ajujuwa a fadin jihar. An raba kayan makaranta kyauta, kujeru, littafai.

A matakin manyan makarantu, ya rage kudin rajista da kashi 50% a dukkanin makarantun mallakin jihar. Ya biya Naira Biliyan 4.45 na kudin jarabawar NECO, NABTEB da NBAIS ga daliban Kano. Ina rokon mai karatu da ya je ya bincika a Ma'aikatar Ilimi.

Game da tallafin karatu da tsohon Gwamna Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso ya faro, Gwamna Yusuf ya farfado da shi gaba daya. Rukuni na farko dalibai 418, duk sun kammala karatun su. Rukuni na biyu dalibai 1,001 aka kaddamar a dakin taro na Coronation Hall, Gidan Gwamnati, Kano, 350 zuwa kasar India, 240 zuwa jami'o'i masu zaman kansu a cikin Najeriya. Ya kuma biya bashin da aka bari ya kai sama da Naira Biliyan 3, Naira Biliyan 2.4 ga Jami'ar Near East da ke Cyprus, Naira Miliyan 500 ga jami'o'i 5 masu zaman kansu, tare da Naira Biliyan 2 na tallafi ga 'yan asalin Kano a jami'o'in gwamnati. Kuma ga wadancan dalibai 150 da suka dawo da sakamakon First Class, ya basu aikin gwamnati kai tsaye.

A yau daliban Kano ne Mafi Daraja a jarabawar NECO ta 2024 da 2025 a jere. Nasarar da aka yaba a ko'ina.

LAFIYA: SHIRIN LAFIYA DOLE GASKIYA NE

Ku na tuna yadda manyan Asibitocin mu suke? Babu magani, babu wuta. Gwamna mai kishin kasa ya gyara Cibiyoyin Kiwon Lafiya na Farko (PHCs) 340 a fadin kananan hukumomi 44. Ya inganta PHCs sama da 200 domin su rika aiki na sa'o'i 24. Ya gyara Babban Asibitin Wudil, Bichi, Gaya, Rano da sauransu.

Ya gina sabbin manyan Asibitoci 10, yayin da guda 6 kuma na kan hanya. Ya kafa Cibiyar Yaki da Cututtuka ta Kano (KCDC) a karon farko. Ya farfado da Asusun Juyawar Magunguna - yanzu kashi 90% na magungunan da aka rubuta ana samun su.

Ga iyayen mu mata - kyauta a aikin haihuwa, kyauta bayan haihuwa, kyauta a tiyatar CS ga mata masu juna biyu, kyauta ga yara kasa da shekaru 5 da kuma tsofaffi. Ya dauki ma'aikatan lafiya sama da 2,000 aiki - likitoci, nas-nas, ungozoma da masu hada magani.

HANYOYI, RUWA, WUTA - KANA GANIN SU

Gadar sama da kasa ta Dan Agundi an kammala, sai wasu yan kananun kammalawa kawai ya rage ya rage. Gadar sama mai reshe-reshe ta Tal'udu an kammala, ita ma sai wani dan karamin aiki ya rage. Wadannan guda biyu kadai sun rage cunkoson ababen hawa a sassa da yawa na birnin.

Sannan hanyoyi na 5km a kowace karamar hukuma, ko da yake ba alkawari ba ne, amma suna nan a kasa. Mayar da titunan falle-biyu na Tarauni-Hotoro-Kwanar Dawaki, Titin BUK, Titin Zaria, Titin Katsina. Dambatta zuwa Gwarabjawa Naira Biliyan 2.63.

Ruwa: Ya gyara Matatun Ruwa na Challawa da Tamburawa. Mafi girma Tafkin Goron Dutse da ya mutu tsawon shekaru 30, yanzu yana kammaluwar dawowa da karfin daukar lita Miliyan 40.4 da layin isar da ruwa na kilomita 15.6 daga Challawa. An riga an fara gwajin sa kafin a saki ruwan gaba daya.

MANUFOFIN DA SUKA SHAFI TALAKAWA

Anan ne gwamnoni da yawa suke faduwa. Gwamnan mu ya je har tushen talaka.

(1) Aikin Gona - takin zamani mai sauki, ingantattun iri masu jure fari, taraktoci, injinan girbi. An raba Kano gida uku domin bunkasa aikin gona da injina.

(2) Karfafa Sana'a - shirin KEEP: keken dinki, injin nika, firiza, injin taliya, rancen jari ga mata da matasa.

(3) Yara Mata - Ya kirkiro Ofishin SSA na Ilimin 'Ya Mace, ya nada jakadu 88 na 'ya mace a fadin kananan hukumomi 44. Ta hanyar AGILE, an horar da 'ya'ya mata 148,000 a dabarun rayuwa, 'ya'ya mata 100,000 sun samu tallafin kudi, motocin bas na makaranta kyauta ga 'ya'ya mata, da manufofin dawo da 'yan mata masu aure da suka daina karatu. Babu wani gwamna da ya taba yin haka.

(4) Tattalin Arziki - Ya kirkiro Hukumar Alamomin Talla ta Jihar Kano (KASA) domin toshe zubewar kudaden shiga. Hukumar ta samu Naira Miliyan 300 a cikin watanni 3 kacal, yanzu tana kokarin Naira Biliyan 2. A karkashin sa Kano ta mallaki mafi yawan hannun jari a KEDCO, ta kaddamar da Manufar Wutar Lantarki ta Kano, kuma ta samu amincewar Shugaba Tinubu na Naira Tiriliyan 1 domin layin dogo na cikin birnin Kano.

(5) Tsaro - Kano na nan cikin kwanciyar hankali. Ofisoshin tsaro na unguwanni, tallafi ga 'yan sanda, DSS, Civil Defence.

Ga ma'aikata - biyan bashin fansho da ya kai Biliyoyin Naira. Bayan shekaru da dama na sakaci daga gwamnatocin baya. Da haka ya farfado da rayuwar iyalai da dama da suka kusa mutuwa a fadin jihar. Ginawa da kafa gidaje masu sauki guda 50 a kowace daga cikin kananan hukumomi 36, aikin na ci gaba. Fitilun titi masu amfani da hasken rana, da batirin ajiya na 150KW mai amfani da hasken rana.

A karshe ba tare da bata lokaci mai yawa wajen bayani ba, bari in ce, cikin shekaru uku, ya cika sama da kashi 90% na alkawuran da ya yi a lokacin yakin neman zabe.

Don haka idan wasu 'yan adawa suka taru suka fara ihu, ka tambaye su tambaya daya - ina suke a lokacin da makarantu ba su da rufi, asibitoci ba su da magani, kuma ruwan sha bai gudana ba tsawon shekaru 30?

Baya ga ayyuka da sauran ci gaban ababen more rayuwa, akwai manyan batutuwa guda biyu da Mai Girma Gwamna Yusuf ya kawo a cikin 'yan watannin nan.

Na farko kuma mafi muhimmanci shi ne zabin da ya yi na Mai Girma Murtala Sule Garo a matsayin Mataimakinsa bayan murabus din tsohon Mataimakin, Mai Girma Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo. Idan ka cire son kai da bambancin siyasa, ba a samu wanda ya fi Garo dacewa ba. Idan aka duba harkar ta kowane bangare. Amma Mai Girma Gwamna shi ne ya fi kowa sanin abinda nake fada. Abinda Mai Girma Garo yake a gare shi da gwamnatin sa, Gwamna ne kadai zai iya bayyana shi. Eh, shi kadai (Gwamna Yusuf) zai iya fadar yadda abin yake. 

Batu na biyu shi ne na kafa Rundunar Hadin Gwiwa ta Jihar Kano domin Yaki da Shaye-shayen Miyagun Kwayoyi da Sauran Manyan Laifuka. Kamar yadda ya nada Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado a matsayin Shugaba. Wannan hukuma tana kokari wajen tsarkake jihar, musamman cikin birni, daga ayyukan shaye-shayen miyagun kwayoyi a tsakanin matasan mu. Mummunan ayyukan matasan mu da suka kauce hanya, wadanda aka fi sani da 'Yandaba' ya ragu matuka. Rimingado yana bin su har maboyar su.

Idan aka zo maganar siyasa ta gaskiya, Mai Girma Gwamna, Gwamnan Jama'a, mai hada kan al'umma ne. Mai ginawa da shimfida zaman lafiya da kwanciyar hankali a tsakanin 'yan jam'iyya da shugabannin jam'iyya mai mulki, All Progressives Congress (APC). Yayin da yake inganta zaman lafiya a siyasar jam'iyya, shi gadar hadin kai ne tsakanin bangarori daban-daban na siyasa a cikin APC mai mulki. Wannan baya bukatar karin bayani da misalai.

Abba ya cancanci wani wa'adin mulki ba wai haka kawai ba ne, amma saboda ya yi abinda da yawa ba su iya yi ba cikin shekaru masu yawa, a cikin shekaru uku kacal. Ragowar ayyuka 694 da ke ci gaba suna bukatar ya kammala su.

"Kano First" ba taken baki ba ne. Alama ce da ake iya gani da ke kewaye da mu. Kokarinsa, niyyarsa ta siyasa da kuma isar da ayyuka abin gani ne ga kowa. Bari mu bar shi ya kammala abinda ya fara. Kyakkyawan aiki don kyakkyawan tarihi.

Anwar ya rubuta daga Kano

Asabar, 17 ga Oktoba, 2026

Go Again, Abba: Kano Has Seen Enough to Say So - By Musaddiq Kabir Adam

By Musaddiq Kabir Adam

There is a particular kind of writing that speaks to two people at once. It looks a leader in the eye and tells him what his work has meant, while turning to the crowd behind him to remind them of what has been done in their name. That is the only honest way to write about Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, because his story belongs equally to him and to the people of Kano. Your Excellency, listen. People of Kano, listen too.

A man whose support was earned, not handed over

Kano has known Abba Kabir Yusuf longer than the chants have existed. In 2014, while serving as Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport, he won the APC primary for the Kano Central Senate seat and then gave the ticket to his principal, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Nobody forced that decision. In 2019, running for governor on the PDP platform, he led the first count with 1,014,474 votes to Ganduje’s 987,819, before a disputed rerun in 28 local government areas turned the outcome by a margin of just 8,982 votes. He carried that without letting it harden into bitterness, and four years later he returned to poll 1,019,602 votes, more than Kwankwaso himself received in Kano as the presidential candidate of the same party.

People of Kano, this is worth remembering when anyone suggests the affection for this governor was manufactured. When the Supreme Court restored his mandate in January 2024, you did not wait for a summons. Thousands of you left your homes before sunrise and walked kilometres beside his convoy, chanting his name until the road itself seemed to answer. That was you, not a campaign budget. Your Excellency, hold on to that memory on the hard days, because it is the truest measure of what you have earned.

What the classroom and the household now look like

From the first months in office, this administration chose to spend its political capital where families feel it most. Between 29.95 and 31 percent of the state budget has gone to education in each of the last three years, above the 26 percent benchmark UNESCO recommends, and the result is not abstract. It is 80,000 new desks for 240,000 pupils who used to sit on bare floors, free uniforms for more than 800,000 Primary 1 children, thousands of rehabilitated schools, reopened girls’ boarding schools, thousands of new teachers and a cleared promotions backlog that had stood since 2017. Kano then finished first in Nigeria in the 2025 NECO results. Your Excellency, that is not a lucky statistic. It is the return on a decision to fund what you said mattered.

Parents, ask what your child’s classroom looked like three years ago. Retirees and the families of workers who died in service, remember the roughly ₦32 billion in gratuities and death benefits that sat unpaid until this government settled them. And women of all 44 local government areas, remember the ₦50,000 that reaches thousands of you every month, 5,800 of you in the round launched this September. These are not slogans printed on a billboard. They are deposits into real households.

The boring numbers that build the exciting projects

A state cannot spend what it does not earn, and this is the part of the record that rarely makes headlines. Internally generated revenue has grown from roughly ₦40 billion in 2023 to about ₦102 billion by 2025. The Kano Geographic Information System Agency, which once raised barely ₦50 million a month, now raises about ₦750 million. The 2025 budget was implemented at 96.9 percent, which means that what Kano’s government promises on paper is overwhelmingly what reaches the ground. Your Excellency, protect that discipline, because it is the engine under every flyover and every scholarship.

Farmers, you can now buy fertiliser at half the open market price, with anti-corruption agencies watching the distribution so that it reaches you and not a middleman. Traders of the Farm Centre GSM Market, your burnt stalls are being rebuilt in a ₦2 billion redevelopment that adds a fire station, drainage and a pedestrian bridge. Young people, a new digital market is projected to create more than 100,000 jobs. A state that raises more of its own money can keep building when federal allocations fall short, and that is what this reform was for.

Safer streets, healthier families, faster roads

Health, security and mobility are where the state’s promises are tested at the level of the ordinary day. More than a million vulnerable residents are being enrolled in health insurance, and enrolment has already beaten its target by 110,000. The Ramadan feeding programme reached 1.1 million people in the first ten days of the holy month. The Multi Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse recorded more than 200 raids and more than 200 convictions in its first forty five days and rescued 43 children from exploitation. More than 16,000 streetlights now burn across the state, and the Dan’agundi and Tal’udu interchanges, over 80 percent complete, are close to ending the gridlock that residents have endured for decades.

Every one of us knows the fear of a dark road and a snatched phone. Light is not decoration. It is the reason a trader can close later and a student can walk home without sprinting, and every convicted supplier is one fewer danger on a neighbour’s street. Your Excellency, finish those bridges and pay every contractor you owe, so that the projects at eighty percent become projects at a hundred. People of Kano, keep asking to see the work, because it was built to be seen.

Government you are allowed to check

One reform deserves more attention than it gets. By giving the Open Government Partnership a commissioner level co-chair and a dedicated focal office, and by publishing project progress through the state’s Integrated Projects Monitoring System, this administration invited exactly the kind of scrutiny that many governments avoid. Your Excellency, do not flinch from it. Let independent voices audit your completion figures, because a record this strong loses nothing by being checked and gains everything by being trusted.

And to the citizens, an honest word. Not everyone in Kano agrees with this governor. Some of his former allies, including the Kwankwasiyya camp he left, believe his move to the APC in January 2026 was a betrayal, and that view deserves a hearing rather than a shouting match. Your job is neither to cheer nor to sneer. It is to look at what has been built, ask what remains unfinished, and decide with your own eyes.

So Go Again

Your Excellency, you have touched the classroom and the clinic, the farm and the market, the road and the streetlight, the retiree’s envelope and the young graduate’s startup grant. Go again, Abba, and go with the humility of a man who understands that applause is a loan repaid in results.

And to you, people of Kano, you have seen enough to form your own judgment. If you believe what you have seen, say so with your vote and say it out loud. This is a state worth finishing what it started.

Musaddiq Kabir Adam rose through the civil service into public service in Kano State.

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Abba Kabir Yusuf

Kano Gov. Yusuf Congratulates Ekiti Counterpart Oyebanji on Second-Term Inauguration

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has congratulated his Ekiti State counterpart, Biodun Oyebanji, on his inauguration for a second term in office.

According to the statement by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Governor Yusuf described the occasion as a significant milestone in Oyebanji’s political career and a testament to the confidence reposed in his leadership by the people of Ekiti State.

The Governor expressed optimism that Oyebanji’s second term would provide another opportunity to consolidate his achievements, strengthen democratic governance, and accelerate development across Ekiti State.

He urged the Ekiti State Governor to remain committed to people-oriented policies, inclusive governance, and programmes aimed at improving the living conditions of citizens.

Governor Yusuf, who was represented by his deputy, H.E. Murtala Garo, at the inauguration, also emphasised the importance of cooperation among state governments in promoting national unity, economic growth, and sustainable development.

He wished Governor Oyebanji and his deputy, Monisade Afuye, a successful and productive second term in office.

Why Gov Abba Deserves Another Tenure - By Abba Anwar

Let us be honest with ourselves. When Abba Kabir Yusuf took over on 29th May, 2023, many people were doubting. Today, even his worst enemies cannot deny that Kano has moved.

I went through the project registry at the Office of the SSA Publicity. As at May 29, 2026, this government has 1,493 projects on its table. 799 completed and delivered, 694 are ongoing at advanced level. You can go and verify in any of the 44 LGAs. That is not audio project.

EDUCATION FIRST, SECOND, THIRD

Abba did what many avoided. On June 8, 2024, he declared State of Emergency on Education. And he backed it with money nobody has done before in Kano.

2024 budget - 29.95% to education. 2025 budget - 31% to education. 2026 budget - N405.3 billion out of N1.368 trillion, which is 30% of the whole budget. UNESCO asks for 26%, Abba is doing 30% plus.

WHAT IS THE RESULT OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED AND SPENT?

He recruited over 15,000 teachers. That includes 2,000 volunteer teachers who were regularized. He renovated more than 3,500 classrooms and built hundreds of new ones across the state. Free uniforms, furniture, textbooks distributed.

At tertiary level, he cut registration fees by 50% in all state-owned institutions. He paid N4.45 billion examination fees for NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS for Kano students. Go to Ministry of Education and ask.

And about the scholarship the former Governor Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso started, Governor Yusuf revived it fully. First batch 418 students, they all completed their studies. Second batch 1,001 students flagged off at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, 350 to India, 240 to private universities inside Nigeria. He also paid the debt left behind over N3 billion, N2.4bn to Near East University Cyprus, N500m to 5 private universities, plus N2 billion support for Kano indigenes in public universities. And for those 150 first class graduates that came back, he gave them automatic employment.

Today Kano students are Best in NECO 2024 and 2025 consecutively. An achievement celebrated across. 

HEALTH - LAFIYA DOLE IS REAL

You remember how our General Hospitals were? No drugs, no light. Our able leader renovated 340 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across 44 LGAs. He upgraded over 200 PHCs to run 24 hours. He renovated General Hospitals in Wudil, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and others.

He built 10 new General Hospitals, 6 more are in the pipeline. He established Kano Centre for Disease Control (KCDC) for the first time. He revived the Drug Revolving Fund - now 90% of prescribed drugs are available.

And for our mothers - free antenatal, free postnatal, free CS for pregnant women, free healthcare for children under 5 and elderly. Over 2,000 health workers employed - doctors, nurses, midwives and pharmacists.

ROADS, WATER, LIGHT - YOU CAN SEE IT. 

Dan Agundi Flyover and Underpass completed, only finishing touches. Tal'udu Cloverleaf Flyover completed, finishing touches also. These two alone decongested many parts of the city.

Then 5km roads in each LGA, though not promise, but they are on ground. Tarauni-Hotoro-Kwanar Dawaki dualization, BUK Road, Zaria Road, Katsina Road. Panshekara Underpass to Madobi Bridge N5.2bn. Dambatta to Gwarabjawa N2.63bn.

Water: He rehabilitated Challawa and Tamburawa Water Treatment Plants. The biggest Goron Dutse Reservoir that was dead for 30 years, now back with 40.4 million litres capacity and 15.6km transmission line from Challawa. Test run already on board before the main supply. 

PEOPLE-ORIENTED POLICIES THAT TOUCH THE POOR

This is where many governors fail. Our Governor went to the grassroots.

(1) Agriculture - subsidized fertilizer, improved drought-tolerant seeds, tractors, harvesters. Kano divided into three zones for mechanization.

(2) Empowerment - KEEP programme: sewing machines, grinding machines, freezers, noodle machines, soft loans for women and youth.

(3) Girl-child - He created Office of SSA on Girl-Child Education, appointed 88 girl-child advocates across 44 LGAs. Through AGILE, 148,000 girls trained in life skills, 100,000 girls got cash transfer, free school shuttle buses for girls, re-entry policy for married adolescent girls. No other governor has done that.

(4) Economy - Created Kano State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KASA) to block revenue leakages. The Agency made N300m in just 3 months, now targeting N2bn. Under him Kano acquired majority shares in KEDCO, launched Kano Electricity Policy, and secured President Tinubu's approval for N1 trillion Kano Metropolitan Rail.

(5) Security - Kano remains peaceful. Neighbourhood security offices, support for police, DSS, Civil Defence.

And for workers - settlement of pension backlogs, which runs into Billions of Naira. After prolonged years of negligence from past administrations. With this he injected life into the near-dead families across the state. Establishment and construction of 50 low-cost houses in each of the 36 LGAs, an ongoing project. solar streetlights, 150KW solar backup.

In conclusion without taking much time to explain, let me say this, in three years, he has fulfilled over 90% of his campaign promises.

So when some opposition politicians gather and start shouting, ask them one question - where were they when schools had no roofs, hospitals had no drugs, and water was not running for 30 years?

Apart from projects and other infrastructural development, there are two major issues that are brought on board by His Excellency Governor Yusuf, in the last few months. 

The first and foremost is his choice of HE Murtala Sule Garo to become his Deputy after the resignation of the then Deputy, HE Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo. Personal interest and political differences apart, there was no better choice than Garo. Looking at the prism from all angles. But His Excellency, the Governor is in the best position to understand what I'm saying. What HE Garo is to him and his administration, can best be explain by the Governor. Yes him alone (Governor Yusuf) can put it succinctly clear. 

The second issue is that of the establishment of Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and Other Related Crimes. As he appointed Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, as the Chairman. This agency is doing well in cleansing the state, especially the metropolis, from the activities of drug abuse among our youth. The nefarious activities of our derailed youth, popularly called 'Yandaba' are reduced drastically. Rimingado trails them down to their hideout. 

When it comes to real politics, His Excellency, the people's Governor, is a political unifier. A moulder of peace and tranquility among members and leaders of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). While he promotes peace in party politics, he is a bridge between divergent political interests within the ruling APC. This needs no further explanation and instances. 

Abba deserves another tenure not because he is perfect, but because he has done what many could not do in many years, in just three years. The remaining 694 ongoing projects need him to finish them.

Kano First is not a slogan. It is visible remark hovering around us. His efforts, political will and delivery are visible for all to see. Let us allow him to finish what he started. The good work for a better legacy.

Anwar writes from Kano

Friday, 16th October, 2026

Gov. Yusuf Celebrates Senator Basheer Lado at 60

….Commends His Contributions to National Development….

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has congratulated Senator Basheer Lado, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on National Assembly Matters (Senate), on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

In a statement signed by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Governor described Senator Lado as an experienced politician, accomplished legislator and committed public servant whose contributions to democratic governance, humanitarian services and national development remain commendable.

Governor Yusuf acknowledged Lado’s role in strengthening relations between the Executive and the Senate, noting that his political experience and maturity have continued to contribute to effective governance and national cohesion.

He recalled that Senator Lado represented Kano Central Senatorial District in the Seventh National Assembly from 2011 to 2015, where he served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works and facilitated important constituency projects, including the Kundila Bridge, popularly known as Gadar Lado, in Kano State.

The Governor also commended his contributions to humanitarian services through his previous positions as Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, and Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Governor Yusuf further praised the senator’s interventions through the Ladon Alheri Foundation in education, healthcare, women’s empowerment, rural water supply and support for disadvantaged communities.

He said Senator Lado’s record of public service reflects his commitment to improving the welfare of Nigerians and advancing the development of the country.

The Governor prayed Almighty Allah to grant Senator Lado good health, wisdom and more years of fruitful service to the nation.

General Elections 2027: Abba Kabir Yusuf Traverses to Victory

By Mustapha Muhammad

As the 2027 general elections draw nearer, the signals indicating a victorious path for Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf’s second-term bid as Executive Governor of Kano State become clearer by the day. The road—once fraught with political obstacles, conflicts, and challenges—is rapidly being cleared. Victory is well within sight and increasingly assured, God willing. 

The foundation for Governor Yusuf’s political momentum stems from his administration's strong performance, astute political maneuvering, successful consensus-building during party primaries, and proactive reconciliation efforts. By uniting key political figures across Kano’s Southern, Northern, and Central Senatorial Districts under one umbrella—coupled with the declining influence of the Kwankwasiyya movement following widespread defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC)—Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has positioned himself firmly ahead of the curve for the upcoming election.

He stands out among contenders for the Kano governorship. His political resilience and strategic departure from the troubled waters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) demonstrate a leader capable of steering through complex political battles toward victory.

Below are the key factors driving Governor Yusuf’s momentum ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Transformative Governance & Administrative Scorecard

Over the past three years, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has delivered people-oriented projects and policies that directly improve the lives of Kano residents across critical sectors:

1. Educational Revitalization

Historical Budgetary Allocation: Funding for education rose steadily from 29.5% in 2024 to 30.5% in 2025, reaching 31.5% in 2026 out of a total state budget exceeding ₦1.47 trillion.

Massive Recruitment: Nearly 20,000 new teachers, including personnel under the Kano State Better Education for All (BESDA) initiative, were recruited to address critical classroom shortages.

Infrastructure Upgrades: Across all 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs), nearly 400 schools have undergone complete renovation, alongside ongoing new constructions.

Academic Excellence: Kano State led national performance rankings in the NECO examinations in 2025 and 2026. In 2026, Kano produced 74,413 candidates obtaining at least five credits (including English and Mathematics), surpassing Lagos (72,496) and Oyo (55,543).

2. Healthcare Modernization & Pension Delivery

Primary Healthcare Overhaul: More than 340 primary health centers across the 44 LGAs have been renovated.

Hospital Expansion: At least 10 new General Hospitals have been constructed in underserved LGAs, with six additional facilities underway to ensure every LGA has a dedicated General Hospital.

Modern Equipment: Health facilities have been equipped with CT scanners, dialysis units, ultrasound machines, and automated laboratory analyzers.

Pension Backlog Settlement: Of an inherited ₦48 billion pension and gratuity backlog, the administration has successfully disbursed over ₦32 billion to retirees.

3. Agricultural Development & Rural Infrastructure

Farm Mechanization & Subsidies: The state procured 98 tractors and 48 combine harvesters while rolling out a 50% fertilizer subsidy program across all LGAs.

Irrigation Expansion: Rehabilitation of the Watari Irrigation Scheme expanded coverage by 1,000 hectares to boost year-round farming.

Road Networks & Urban Renewal: 18 out of 34 planned 5km rural road projects have been completed with solar streetlights. Additionally, 12 out of 24 urban renewal road projects (~76 km) have been delivered.

Bridge Reconstruction: The Kubaraci-Kura Bridge was restored, reopening key economic and transport corridors.

4. Empowerment & Skill Acquisition

Social Safety Nets: Monthly stipends of ₦50,000 are provided to 5,200 women, alongside ₦150,000 grants distributed to youth across the state.

Entrepreneurship: 26 technical and entrepreneurship institutes have been revitalized to provide practical vocational training.

Political Realignment & Party Unity

Governor Yusuf demonstrated political foresight by transitioning to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

His decision was apt and timely with future vision. Moreover, the decamping of Kwankwasiyya from NNPP vindicated him. 

This realignment protected his electoral mandate and spared his supporters the legal and organizational uncertainties that beset other political movements in the region.

Furthermore, as state party leader, Governor Yusuf successfully managed the consensus process during the party primaries, ensuring a cohesive "no victor, no vanquished" outcome. His ongoing reconciliation drives have consolidated political gladiators across Kano’s three senatorial zones, securing a unified political front ahead of the 2027 polls.

No doubt, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf The Executive Governor of Kano State traverses to victory come 2027 General elections. 

Mustapha Muhammad is the Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf. He writes from Kano.

President Tinubu Praises Gov. Yusuf’s Symbolic Cap Promoting Renewed Hope Agenda

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s distinctive maroon cap, adorned with a broken-shackle emblem, describing its symbolism as a message of freedom from poverty, illiteracy, insecurity and other barriers to national development.

In a statement signed by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the President made the remarks while addressing supporters at the inauguration of his 2027 presidential campaign council, where he expressed admiration for the symbolism behind Governor Yusuf’s cap.

President Tinubu said he liked the symbol because it conveyed a clear message of liberation from the challenges that have continued to hinder the progress and development of society.

According to him, the broken shackle represents the determination to break the longstanding cycle of poverty and free people from the social and economic difficulties that have held them back.

He explained that poverty, illiteracy and insecurity remain major challenges confronting the country, stressing the need for deliberate efforts to overcome them and create a better future for Nigerians.

The President noted that the broken shackle was more than a mere symbol, as it represented hope, freedom and the possibility of a new beginning for the people.

Speaking shortly after the inauguration at the Presidential Villa, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf said he was elated by the President’s recognition of the efforts made in Kano to promote his administration and the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 elections.

“We rejoined APC with a good heart, with an intention to do our best in supporting Mr. President’s reelection bid,” said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.

VP Shettima To North: You Have Nothing To Fear In President Tinubu's 2nd Term

As northern think tank, Arewa for Asiwaju, storms Aso Rock, declares full support for president's reelection

According to the statement by the Senior Special Assistant To The President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice) Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has issued a rallying cry to the North for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's reelection in the 2027 presidential election, declaring that the region has absolutely nothing to fear from a second term for the President.

With urgent intensity, he implored northern leaders and citizens to unite behind the President's re-election bid, framing the administration's second-term agenda as a secure, bulletproof guarantee for the region's future prosperity and stability.

Senator Shettima made the call on Monday when he received on a courtesy visit, a delegation from the Arewa for Tinubu (A4A) - a northern-based think tank -:working for the reelection of President Tinubu.

He called on leaders across the region to unite into a single front and work for the progress of the area and the wellbeing of its people, which are top priorities for the Tinubu administration.

According to the VP, the North has no reason to be scared of the re-election of President Tinubu, as it has benefitted immensely in terms of appointments and game-changing projects and programmes.

His words: "Let's unite as a people and work for the development of our region and the progress of our people through the re-election of this administration. We are benefiting and we stand to benefit more from this government in many ways.

"The Bank of Agriculture has disbursed N450 billion to 700,000 smallholder farmers in Nigeria and about 70 percent of the beneficiaries are from the north. 

"The present administration is working towards completing landmark and ground breaking projects in parts of the country. I can assure you that the president loves the north and the president will work for the north."

The Vice President thanked the group for their steadfast support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at all times and appealed to them to work harder and galvanize across wards, communities and local governments in the northern region for the President's re-election.

Earlier, the Director General of the Area for Asiwaju and former Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru, said the organisation will not rest on its oars untill they make the North proud by reelecting President Tinubu.

He said the group plans to meet with religious leaders, including Muslim and Christian clerics, as well as other prominent Nigerians to explain to them the need to support the Tinubu/Shettima ticket in 2027. 

"On discussions with the high profile, we have gone far. We have met them severally and the BoT is meeting them again to consolidate our gains and to tell them why there is need to support this ticket.

"We are also supporting the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) with whatever they want us to do that is micro in nature because they are so big and we really don't want to lose sight of the bigger arrangement that is there. We want to focus very well on the contacts at the grassroots - the local government areas and the wards."

Also, Chairman of the organisation's Board of Trustees (BoT) and former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, said the think tank which worked for President Tinubu's election in the 2023 general election will repeat the same feat in 2027.

He said the organisation had been meeting with northern governors and other stakeholders to compare notes and collaborate on areas of working together to achieve the President's reelection.

He noted that the organisation has concluded plan to have a full-fledged secretariat for purposes of coordination, where there will be offices for directors and state coordinators will compare reports, analyse them, and give out instructions to its members. 

The BoT Chairman formally invited the Vice President to officially commission the A4A office complex on Saturday, October 17, 2027.

Also present at the meetig were former Governors of Plateau, Chief Joshua Dariye and Senator Simon Lalong; Taraba, Rev. Jolly Nyame; Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello; Katsina, Barr. Ibrahim Shehu Shema; Bauchi, Mallam Isa Yuguda; Special Adviser to The President on Policy ad Coordination, Hajiya Hadiza Bala Usman; Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), some top officials of government, and other members of the A4A BOT and Secretariat.

Gov. Yusuf Attends 2026 SAN Swearing-In Ceremony at Supreme Court,

…….Congratulates 68 New SANs, Kano’s Candidate Sagir Gezawa…..

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has attended the 2026 swearing-in ceremony of 68 newly conferred Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) at the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja, where he congratulated Kano State’s candidate, Barrister Sagir Gezawa Suleiman, on his elevation to the prestigious rank alongside 67 other lawyers.

According to the statement by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the 68 recipients comprise 67 legal practitioners and one academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri. 

The ceremony also marked the commencement of the 2026/2027 Legal Year.

Governor Yusuf described Gezawa as a competent and incorruptible legal practitioner whose achievement has brought honour to Kano State.

He urged him to remain a worthy ambassador of the state by upholding the highest standards of professional ethics, integrity and justice in the discharge of his responsibilities.

The Governor noted that Gezawa’s elevation was a source of pride and encouragement to Kano’s legal community, urging young lawyers to draw inspiration from his achievement through hard work, discipline and commitment to the rule of law.

He recalled that Kano State has continued to produce distinguished legal practitioners, citing Barrister Abdulkarim Kabiru Maude and Barrister Aminu Gadanya, who attained the SAN rank in 2025, as well as Barrister Sunusi Musa and Barrister Abdul Adamu Fagge who was elevated in 2024.

Governor Yusuf reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to supporting institutions and initiatives that promote professional excellence, justice and human capital development in Kano State.

Gov. Yusuf Launches Career Guidance Programme to Prepare Students for UTME in Kano

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has launched a statewide career guidance workshop aimed at helping secondary school students make informed career choices and prepare adequately for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

According to the statement by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), said the initiative would strengthen career counselling in schools and equip counsellors and career masters with the knowledge needed to guide students towards suitable academic programmes and future professions.

He stressed that education goes beyond providing classrooms and teachers, noting that students must also understand their abilities, interests and available career opportunities before choosing courses and tertiary institutions.

Governor Yusuf reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to education, highlighting investments in school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, scholarships, learning materials and other interventions aimed at improving the quality of education across Kano State.

He urged school counsellors and career masters to discharge their responsibilities with professionalism, patience and dedication, while encouraging parents and guardians to guide their children rather than impose career choices on them.

The Governor also emphasised the importance of moral and religious guidance in schools, calling for collective efforts by teachers, parents, community leaders and religious institutions to address drug abuse and other negative behaviours among young people.

On emerging career opportunities, he noted that technological advancements, particularly artificial intelligence, were transforming the world of work, stressing the need to prepare students for future employment opportunities.

He urged students to study diligently, seek professional advice and make informed decisions rather than allow peer pressure and popular opinion to determine their career paths.

Governor Yusuf subsequently declared the statewide career guidance workshop officially open, calling on education stakeholders to ensure that its benefits reach secondary school students across all 44 local government areas of Kano State.

Kano Health Sector Under Abba: From Crisis To Example (2) - By Abba Anwar

If you really want to know whether a government cares about its people, don't go and count the number of garden per school. Go to a Primary Health Centre in Shanono by 1am. Watch what happens when a woman in labour is brought in with no money in her pocket. That is where government is tested.

When Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf took oath on 29th May, 2023, that test was almost nothing to write home about. Because of cumulative experiences of administrations before him. I remember following the transition committee reports. I also went round myself. The Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency at Sharada had empty shelves. I am not exaggerating. Drug availability was about 30 percent. Suppliers had blacklisted Kano because we were owing them over N1.2 billion. Many General Hospitals - Wudil, Bichi, Gaya - looked tired. Paint peeling, beds broken, no running water. The health insurance agency, Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KSCHMA), had less than 500,000 people enrolled in a state of over 15 million. Doctors were leaving. Nurses were leaving. People used to say, "asibiti ba magani."

What happened in the last three years is not magic. It is work. Quiet, amazing work. This is where Abba Gida-Gida's feeling for his people takes the lead. In responsive and responsible leadership. 

First, the money.

You see, in 2001, African Heads of State gathered in Abuja and said, let us give at least 15% of our budgets to health. Since then, Nigeria as a country has never met it. Kano before this administration was doing 6%, 7%. Even Lagos today does about 8%. Ghana as a country does 6.32%. Senegal less than 4%.

But Abba did it. In 2024, he gave health N77 billion, that was 16.46% of the entire state budget. In 2025, he gave N90.6 billion, 16.5%. Two years, back to back, above Abuja Declaration. No Kano governor has ever done it. Now the 2026 budget proposal has taken it to N214.8 billion for health repositioning, including N500m for a Cancer Centre at Giginyu, N1.5bn for free hernia surgeries across all zones, and N473.5m for ICUs in Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital and Wase Teaching Hospital.

And the money was not just on paper. He paid the N1.2bn debt. Once he paid, suppliers returned. Today, drug availability in Kano public hospitals is over 90%. Go to Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital today, you will see drugs. Go to Murtala Muhammad, you will see drugs. That singular move has reduced the habit of patients being given prescription to go and buy drugs outside.

Second, the hospitals themselves.

The government did not try to build new ones everywhere. He said, let us fix the ones we have. Over 20 General Hospitals were fully rehabilitated - Hasiya Bayero, Murtala Muhammad, Wase, Wudil, Dambatta, Gaya, Bichi and others. New theatres, new wards, new labs.

For the grassroots, more than 200 PHCs across the 44 LGAs were upgraded. Solar light, borehole, staff quarters, delivery beds. Then he did something I personally like. He gave one ambulance to each of the 44 LGAs, and 484 mini-ambulances, one for each ward. So if there is an emergency in any ward in Kano today, you can move a patient. Before, people died on the way because there was nothing to carry them.

He also created what we never had before - the Kano Centre for Disease Control, KNCDC. And on 3rd August, 2026, he commissioned the Sickle Cell Centre that now offers free diagnosis, free hydroxyurea, free blood transfusion and counselling for thousands of families.

Third, and most important, the people to work in these hospitals.

You can buy equipment, but if there is no doctor or midwife, it is useless. The biggest challenge was human resource. Many left because of poor pay. The governor first restored dignity. He reinstated 926 health workers on full CONHESS salary structure, reviewed hazard allowance, and deployed 65 residency doctors to secondary hospitals. That is why NMA gave him their National Award for Service Excellence. They don't give that award for nothing.

Then he recruited. Massively. And in phases, not audio.

Phase 1, which we just witnessed, was the distribution of appointment letters to 2,367 health personnel. Officially, core clinical is 2,037, but total with other cadres is 2,367. Let me break it down as announced at Government House: 250 medical doctors, 40 pharmacists, 250 nurses, 250 midwives, 150 Senior Community Health Extension Workers, 50 Junior CHEWs and 50 epidemiologists, plus hundreds of other cadres. All permanent and pensionable. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, was clear that it was on merit, not for sale.

In a separate special effort, which many people mix up, the government also employed 250 Doctors, 150 Nurses, 75 Midwives and 50 Pharmacists to immediately close gaps in our secondary hospitals. This separate effort has already improved the doctor-patient ratio, especially in places like Dambatta and Gwarzo.

What is coming next is bigger. Phase 2 is being prepared where 1,600 additional health workers will be employed for state hospitals. And in a very creative way, Local Governments will be allowed to employ 3,900 health workers for PHCs. This is key. It means LGAs will employ their own sons and daughters to stay in their communities. By the time that is done, no ward in Kano will say we have a PHC without staff. That is how you solve retention.

Fourth, insurance for the poorest. This is where the governor's philosophy shows.

Before he came, KSCHMA had 497,262 people enrolled. Mostly civil servants. As of February this year, it is 910,862. That is 413,600 additional people, an 83% increase in less than two years. And within that, 231,293 are vulnerable - children under five, pregnant women, persons with disabilities, people living with HIV, and retirees.

The flagship is ABBACare. You remember ObamaCare. This is AbbaCare. Over 300,000 vulnerable people - pregnant women, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, inmates and people living with sickle cell - were given completely free health insurance, paid by the state. Today, 39,000 people living with sickle cell are receiving free care at Murtala Muhammad, Hasiya Bayero and Wase under this.

For mothers, delivery and CS are free in over 30 hospitals. Government spends over N60m monthly on that. That is why maternal mortality, according to ministry records, dropped from over 1,300 in 2023 to about 300 in 2026. Free eye camps, free cataract surgery, free hernia surgery for thousands have become routine.

Now, when you compare Kano with many other states, you understand why people are talking.

Look around. A national report on PHC delivery by ONE Campaign ranked Zamfara as the worst performing state in PHC, followed by Sokoto, Taraba, Kebbi, Katsina, Borno, Yobe and others as weak performers. In some of those places, capital performance for PHC was as low as 0 to 6.5%. There are documented cases of multimillion naira hospitals lying abandoned while people travel kilometres for paracetamol.

While some states are still struggling to put cotton wool and gloves in their clinics, Kano has moved to Cancer Centre, ICUs, Disease Control Centre, Sickle Cell Centre, 90% drug availability, and close to one million people on insurance.

That is not by accident. It is because of 16.5% budget to health.

I was in Wudil last week. A nurse named Aisha came forward and said in Hausa, "Abba ya kawo mana rayuwa, a harkar lafiya." She was one of those reinstated on CONHESS. Before, she wanted to leave for Federal. Now she wants to stay.

In Takai, a PHC that used to close by 2pm now runs 24 hours because there is staff and solar. This is what governance looks like.

Governor Yusuf did not bring a new textbook theory. He just did the basics that others refused to do: give health money, clear its debt, bring back its workers, and pay for the poorest to get care.

With 1,600 coming in Phase 2 and 3,900 PHC workers to be employed by LGAs, Kano is walking practically towards universal health coverage, not on PowerPoint, but on ground.

If you want to show a state that is doing well in health today in Nigeria, you will show Kano. Not because everything is perfect. But because it is moving, and it is moving in the right direction for the talakawa.

And history will record it.

Anwar writes from Kano

Saturday, 10th October, 2026

Peter Obi's Election Claims Troubling Display Of Delusion - APC PCC

Mr Peter Obi continues to demonstrate a troubling lack of character, candour, and dignity. One would expect his latest twaddle to come from overzealous supporters rather than a presidential candidate who is becoming a veteran of the race. Perhaps the master and his followers are two sides of the same rotten coin.

According to the APC Presidential Campaign Council Spokesperson, Dele Alake, nothing is more annoying than Obi's recent claim that he won the 2023 presidential election, while simultaneously admitting he lacks the evidence to support it.

In a recent interview on the BBC, Obi stated: "I don’t like going back to the past. I won the last election. There’s no evidence, but I won the election. Everything is not based on evidence."

By Obi's logic, it is acceptable to make outrageous claims without a shred of evidence or verisimilitude. For him, it is in order and acceptable to make allegations without substantiation or to act on impulse by airing unsubstantiated conjectures.

This is deeply troubling. There is simply no end to Obi's posturing and no end to his shenanigans and farce. 

For a candidate who placed a distant third in the presidential poll to persistently insist he won — without evidence and contrary to all official records — reflects a deep and troubling disconnection from reality and absolute disregard for facts and truth.

This constant habit of exaggerating facts is unbecoming of a man who aspires to lead our great country. 

Where is Obi sourcing his facts? Could it be from his infamous adviser at Upper Iweka Junction or from one Obedient punching the laptop for the next post from California or Dallas?

At the pain of restating the factually obvious, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the 2023 election decisively. There can be no doubt about it. The Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed his victory. The election tribunal and the country's highest court affirmed it. 

President Tinubu has continued to discharge his mandate, advancing key reforms that have stabilised the economy, expanded infrastructure, supported businesses and youth, upgraded education and healthcare, and created job opportunities.

We again call on Peter Obi to act honourably and honour his earlier pledge to exit the 2027 presidential race if it is proven that his administration left behind liabilities in Anambra State—a fact now clearly established by the state's financial records.

Kwamitin Kar Ta Kwana Kan Yaki Da Shan Muyagun Kwayoyi Na Kano da Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka sun tattauna ƙarfafa yaƙi da miyagun ƙwayoyi

Rundunar haɗin gwiwar hukumomi da dama ta Jihar Kano kan yaƙi da shaye-shayen miyagun ƙwayoyi da safarar su ba bisa ƙa’ida ba, ta gana da Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka da ke Najeriya, domin ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwa wajen yaƙi da miyagun ƙwayoyi tare da duba wasu hanyoyin tallafawa ci gaban jihar.

SolaceBase ta ruwaito cewa, a cikin wata sanarwa da Rundunar Task Force ta fitar ranar Alhamis, Shugabanta, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, Esq., ya jagoranci tawaga zuwa Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka, inda ya gana da Daraktan Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Mista Tolliver Derrick, tare da wasu jami’an Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka.

Sanarwar ta ce taron ya mayar da hankali ne kan ƙarfafa tsarin haɗin gwiwar hukumomi wajen yaƙi da shaye-shayen miyagun ƙwayoyi da safarar su ba bisa ƙa’ida ba.

Tattaunawar ta kuma shafi amfani da bayanan sirri wajen aiwatar da doka, inganta ƙwarewar hukumomi, ba da tallafin fasaha, shirye-shiryen wayar da kan al’umma da kuma samar da shirye-shiryen musamman na gyaran halayen masu fama da matsalar shaye-shayen miyagun ƙwayoyi.

An kuma ba da muhimmanci na musamman ga shirye-shiryen da za su taimaka wa ƙungiyoyin da ke cikin haɗari, musamman matasa.

Bangarorin biyu sun kuma tattauna hanyoyin haɗa ayyukan yaƙi da miyagun ƙwayoyi da sauran shirye-shiryen gwamnatin Amurka da ake aiwatarwa a Kano.

Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado ya ce ba za a iya samun nasara a yaƙi da shaye-shayen miyagun ƙwayoyi ta hanyar ɗaukar matakan hukunci kaɗai ba, yana mai cewa rigakafi, gyaran hali da kuma haɗin gwiwar al’umma suna da muhimmiyar rawa.

“Yaƙi da shaye-shayen miyagun ƙwayoyi yana buƙatar fiye da aiwatar da doka kawai. Yana buƙatar hukumomi masu ƙarfi, sa hannun al’umma, ingantaccen gyaran hali, ƙaƙƙarfan matakan rigakafi da kuma haɗin gwiwar ƙasa da ƙasa mai ƙarfi,” in ji shi.

Ya ƙara da cewa Rundunar Task Force na da niyyar amfani da shirye-shiryen tallafin Amurka da ake gudanarwa a Kano domin inganta tsaro mai ɗorewa da kuma kare rayuwar jama’a da tattalin arzikinsu.

Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka, ta hannun INL Bureau, ya bayyana aniyarsa ta yin aiki tare da Rundunar Task Force tare da duba hanyoyin haɗa ayyukan yaƙi da miyagun ƙwayoyi da sauran shirye-shiryen tallafin fasaha da ci gaba na Amurka a yankin.

Taron ya kuma tattauna wasu fannoni da suka haɗa da shugabanci nagari, tsaron jama’a da ƙarfafa juriyar al’umma, inda tawagogin biyu suka amince da muhimmancin samar da tsari na musamman domin ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwar.

An kammala taron ne da ƙudurin kafa hanyoyin da za su taimaka wajen tsara haɗin gwiwar fasaha a hukumance da kuma aiwatar da shirye-shiryen haɗin gwiwa a Jihar Kano.

Idan kana so, zan kuma iya sake tsara shi cikin salon labaran Hajj Chronicles/SolaceBase, tare da kanun labari mai jan hankali da Hausa mai sauƙin karantawa.

Breaking: Kano Gov. Abba Yusuf Reconciles DSP Barau, Abba Bichi on Political Feud

As Leaders Call for Unity to Achieve Success in the Forthcoming 2027 Elections

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has facilitated a reconciliation between the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Barau I. Jibrin, and the Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, Member Representing Bichi Federal Constituency as part of efforts to strengthen unity and cohesion within the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State.

According to the statement by the Director General Media and Publicity Government House Kano, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the reconciliation meeting, which took place in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday, lasted for two hours and provided an opportunity for the two prominent APC leaders to address their differences and discuss the need to work together for the collective interest of the party.

Governor Yusuf urged Senator Barau, Hon. Bichi and their teaming supporters to sheathe their swords and drop all grievances, stressing that the success of the APC at all levels requires unity, mutual understanding and collective commitment among its leaders and members.

Ahead of the 2027 elections, the Governor emphasised the importance of working together for the success of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, the Kano State Government and all APC candidates, while calling on party members across the state to put the overall interest of the APC above individual differences.

He noted that political disagreements are part of democratic engagement, but such differences should not be allowed to undermine the unity, stability and progress of the party.

He called on supporters of both leaders to embrace the spirit of reconciliation, avoid inflammatory statements, character assassination or any other negative action capable of disuniting the party members.

The Governor further stressed that the APC remains one family and that all stakeholders have a responsibility to ensure that internal crises are resolved through dialogue, consultation and mutual respect.

The party leader in Kano also expressed confidence that the reconciliation would contribute to greater unity among APC leaders and supporters in Kano State and strengthen the party’s collective efforts ahead of the 2027 general elections.

“Henceforth, I do not expect any of your supporters to come out and abuse one another. We must put a stop to this unnecessary distractions.” Said Governor Abba Yusuf

 

The reconciliation process, which was blessed with the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR has brought to an end a major misunderstanding between the two political figures in Kano State.

Gov. Abba K. Yusuf further assured the President and National Leader of the party, the National Chairman, the State Chairman and all critical stakeholders that the APC is set to win all elective positions in Kano come 2027 by God’s Grace.

In their separate responses shortly after the meeting, Sen. Barau Jibrin and Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi cautioned their supporters against fueling the internal conflicts within the APC family in Kano State, assuring their continued support, loyalty and commitment to the success of the party at all levels.

They also expressed appreciation to the Governor for his timely intervention to wade into the situation, offer a truce and lasting reconciliation to the ongoing crisis.

Gaya Polytechnic Receives C of O for Permanent Site

Gaya Polytechnic has received the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for its permanent site, marking another major step towards the full establishment and take-off of the institution.

In a statement posted by the Senior Special Reporter of the Ministry, Nanu Kankarofi on the his verified Facebook page, the certificate was presented to the Chairman of the Gaya Polytechnic Implementation Committee, Prof. Mukhtar Atiku Kurawa, by the Kano State Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Hon. Abduljabar Umar Garko.

The presentation of the C of O is expected to facilitate further development of the institution’s permanent site as efforts intensify towards its full operationalisation.

Speaking after receiving the certificate, Prof. Kurawa commended the Kano State Government under Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for its continued support and commitment to the establishment and development of Gaya Polytechnic.

He also expressed appreciation to the Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning and officials of the ministry for facilitating the issuance and presentation of the certificate.

Prof. Kurawa said the development represented an important milestone in the efforts to ensure that Gaya Polytechnic becomes fully operational at its permanent site.

The institution’s implementation committee is expected to continue working with relevant government authorities and stakeholders towards the completion of the necessary processes for the full take-off of the polytechnic.

Gaya Polytechnic is moving closer to full take-off at its permanent site.

A Tribute to Malam Nafi’u Baba Ahmad - By Muhammad Ahmad Musa

A Neighbour for Decade a Mentor for Life.

By: Muhammad Ahmad Musa 

From Gidan radio close - Gudu cemetery 

24th Rabi'ul-Akhar 1448 = 6th October,  2026

A Hausa–English Tribute of Love, Gratitude and Du'ah.

"انك ميت والمهم وانهم ميتون." سورة الزمر 

Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die"  Qur'an Chapter Zumar, verse 30. 

There are people whose departure leaves an empty space.

There are others whose departure makes an entire neighbourhood feel different.

And then there are those whose presence has been woven so deeply into our lives that, when they leave, a part of our own history seems to leave with them.

For me, Malam Nafi’u Baba Ahmad was such a person.

For almost a decade, I have lived next to him on our radio close, off Rabah road vicinity.

For more than thirty years, I did not merely have a senior, I had an elder, mentor, teacher, adviser and friend whose presence became part of the rhythm of my life.

Today, I struggle to write about him in the past tense.

Yau, Malam or rather Baba Nafi’u (as we used to address him) ya rasu, ya tafi, ya koma gurin Mahaliccinmu Allah SWT!

But the memories remain.

And perhaps that is one of the ways Allah allows a good person to continue living among those he has touched, through the lessons, kindness and memories he leaves behind.

“Malam, Yaya Baba Nafi'u, Allah jikanka da RahamarSA, Allah sa ka huta cikin Aljannatul-Firdausil a'ala, ka jira zuwanmu, muna hanya?”

One of the things I will never forget is the way Malam Nafi’u always asked after my father.

My father is 101 years old, older than Malam Nafi’u himself, and whenever we met, Malam Nafi’u would ask about his health and wellbeing.

It was never an empty question.

It was the concern of an elder for another elder.

At one point, he gave my father two neck-support pillows as gifts, simply because he wanted him to be more comfortable.

This morning, when I told my father:

«“Baba, Malam Nafi’u, wanda ya baka abun sakawa a wuya dinnan ya rasu, he is no longer in this world, ya rasu da safennan!.”»

My father cried.

Not just tears.

He cried with a heavy, painful sound.

I intentionally did that to guage his response and his crying confirm he is still very responsive because these days he seems to be too quiet.

And in that moment, despite his age, we realised something deeply touching: he still remembered Malam Baba Nafi'u.

He remembered the man.

He remembered the kindness.

He remembered the gifts.

That moment broke my heart.

Because it reminded me that kindness does not expire.

Sometimes a simple act of kindness given some months ago, remains buried in the heart until the day someone tells you:

“The person who showed you that kindness is no longer here.”

A MENTOR WHO TAUGHT THROUGH STORIES.

Malam Nafi’u had a special way of teaching me.

He did not always sit down and say, “Let me teach you this.”

Sometimes he simply told me a story.

A story about someone.

A story about life.

A story about human nature.

A story about faith.

And after the story, there was always something to take away.

Darussan rayuwa suna nan cikin labarai. Labarai masu nausarwa, masu hannunka mai sanda.

There was always a lesson hidden somewhere between his words.

I learnt to listen beyond the story.

I learnt to ask myself:

“Me Malam yake so in fahimta daga wannan?”

That was his style of mentorship.

He did not always give you the answer.

He gave you the wisdom with which to find the answer yourself.

And that is the kind of teacher whose lessons stay with you.

THE BOOK, THE WILL AND THE LEGACY

I remember discussing with him his book on Islamic Will.

We spoke about the importance of making Muslims understand the Islamic guidance concerning wills and encouraging people to update and properly document their wills before their deaths.

I suggested that the book should be digitised, so that its teachings could travel beyond the people who could physically obtain or read the book.

The idea was simple:

If knowledge is beneficial, let technology carry it further.

Today, after his passing, that conversation means even more to me.

It's in his will that he should be buried wherever he dies. His will actualized by the family, alhamdulillah we all gathered at Abuja for the burial.

Perhaps one of the greatest ways we can honour scholars is not merely by remembering their names, but by helping beneficial knowledge they cared about to reach another generation.

May Allah make every beneficial knowledge he taught me and others be preserved as a continuing source of reward for him.

THE MASJID

Then there was our neighbourhood Masjid, the radio close Masjid and Islamiyyah.

Malam Nafi’u, after briefing him of our last meeting where we discussed the future of the Masjid, he encouraged me to team up and continue taking care of the Masjid.

He understood something that many people sometimes forget:

A Masjid is not only a building. It is an Amanah.

When we decided to begin collecting contributions for the maintenance of the Masjid, I approached him.

And, as I will never forget, he was the first to contribute.

The first.

Before asking others to support the Masjid, he supported it himself. As I write this piece, his deposited contribution before opening the Masjid account is in my custody.

That was Malam Nafi’u.

Ba ya koyarwa da baki kawai, a aikace yake baka tarbiyya.

He did not merely tell others what to do.

He led by example.

THE LAST SALLAH

There is one memory that I believe I will carry to my grave.

One day, Malam Nafi’u asked me to lead the prayer in our neighbourhood Masjid.

I stood before the congregation and led the Salah.

During my recitation, I recited the Basmala at the beginning of Suratul-Fatihah and the subsequent surahs.

After the prayer, Malam Nafi’u addressed all of us.

He explained that what had been done had a basis in the religion, even though it may not always be practised by others. That was his last time to pray in that Masjid, to the best of my knowledge. 

It was an admonition.

It was a lesson.

It was a moment of scholarship.

That would be the last prayer we would share with him in our neighbourhood Masjid.

SubhanAllah!

Sometimes Allah allows us to experience a final moment without telling us that it is final.

We shake someone's hand without knowing it is the last handshake.

We hear someone's voice without knowing it is the last time.

We sit with someone without knowing it is the last sitting.

We pray beside someone without knowing:

“This is the last Salah you will pray together.”

Today, I look back at that prayer differently.

And I thank Allah for it.

Because my last prayer with my mentor ended with a lesson from my mentor, nagode Allah.

OUR LAST CONVERSATION

Our last conversation was about his journey to Egypt for his health.

We spoke about his travels.

We spoke about his wellbeing.

We spoke as neighbours and as people who had known one another for decades.

We did not know we were having our final conversation.

There was no dramatic farewell.

No long goodbye.

Just another conversation between a mentor and his mentee.

And perhaps that is how Allah decreed it.

We do not choose our final goodbye.

Allah chooses it for us.

And when the appointed time comes:

«كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ»

“Every soul shall taste death.”

MALAM, KA BAR MU DA ABIN DA YA FI KUDI

Malam Nafi’u,

You have left us with many things money cannot buy.

You have left us lessons.

You have left us memories.

You have left us knowledge.

You have left us so many examples and narratives.

You have left us good deeds to remember you by and to emulate, in sha ALLAH we will act upon so you get more rewards while away in your peaceful grave in sha ALLAH.

And you have left behind people who can say:

“I benefited from knowing him.”

That is a legacy.

Mutum yana mutuwa, amma abin da ya koyar da kyakkyawan aikinsa suna iya ci gaba da kasantuwa da wanzuwa.

A person dies, but the good he taught and the good he did can continue living.

FROM MY HOME NEXT DOOR TO YOUR HOUSE

For nearly ten years, our homes stood next to each other.

There was only a wall between us.

But today I realise that the distance between two houses is nothing compared with the distance created when Allah calls one of their occupants back to Him.

Your house is still there.

Our Masjid is still there.

The Gidan-Radio close is still there.

Life continues.

But your voice is missing.

Your stories are missing.

Your live-counsel is no longer there.

Your physical presence and always playing with the kids is absent.

And every time I pass by your house, the first house in the close, I will remember:

“This was the home of Malam Nafi’u.”

That memory alone will become and remain a form of companionship.

MY FAREWELL

Malam Nafi’u Baba Ahmad,

Na gode.

JazakAllahu khairan katheeran jazilan for more than thirty years of being part of my life.

Thank you for your concern for my father.

Thank you for the kindness you showed him. 

Babana, Mahaifinmu yana gode maka for the two neck supports that today carry a meaning far greater than their material value.

Ina godiya for your stories.

Shukran for your counsel.

Miyetti you for your lessons.

May Allah reward you for encouraging me to continue to care for the Masjid.

ALLAH YA biyaka for being the first to support its maintenance when we began seeking contributions.

JazakAllahu khair for trusting me to lead that fateful prayer.

Thank you for correcting and teaching us with knowledge and wisdom.

Thank you for every conversation whose importance I sometimes understood only afterwards.

Allah Ya saka maka da alherinSa.

May Allah reward you with goodness beyond anything we can give you.

OUR DU'AH FOR YOU

Ya Allah,

Forgive Malam Nafi’u Baba Ahmad.

Have Your Mercy upon him.

Accept his good deeds.

Overlook his shortcomings.

Reward his years of service to Islam, the community, Nigeria and humanity.

Make every beneficial word he taught a Sadaqatul Jariyah for him.

Make every person he guided, every Masjid he supported, every piece of knowledge he transmitted, and every act of kindness he performed to serve as a witness in his favour in the day of resurrection.

Ya Allah, ka haskaka kabarinsa.

Illuminate his grave.

Ya Allah, ka fadada masa kabarinsa yai ta hango aljannah kafin shigarta.

Expand his resting place into paradise.

Ya Allah, ka sanya kabarinsa ya zama lambu daga cikin lambunan Aljannah.

Make his grave a garden from the gardens of Paradise.

Grant him peace in Barzakh.

Grant him companionship with the righteous.

And when the Day comes for us to join him, let the Shahadah be our last wordings, when we are all raised again, raise him among those upon whom You have bestowed Your Mercy.

Ya Allah, ka kai Malam Nafi’u Baba Ahmad Aljannatul Firdausil A'ala.

Ya Rabbal Aalamin.

THE FINAL WORD

Malam Nafi’u,

You were an elder.

You were a mentor.

You were a teacher.

You were a guide.

You were a servant of Islam.

And you were part of the story of my life 

Malam Nafi’u, ka tafi lafiya.

Go in peace, my elder.

And until the day Allah reunites us

Barka da Hutu, Malam.

(To the righteous it will be said) "Oh reassured soul, return to your Rabb, well pleased and pleasing, then enter amongst My (righteous) servants and enter My Paradise." (Qur'an Chapter 89, verses 27 to 30)

From your neighbour, mentee and grateful student.